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News2026-07-123 min read

Announcing MerchPulse: Know Your Real Etsy Profit — Vote for What We Build First

MerchRadar is building a new tool for Etsy print-on-demand sellers: true royalties after Etsy fees and Printify costs, plus a live niche radar. Here are the ideas — vote for your favorites.

Announcing MerchPulse: Know Your Real Etsy Profit

If you sell print-on-demand on Etsy with Printify, you know the uncomfortable question: "How much did I actually make on that sale?"

The $24.99 in your Etsy stats isn't your money. Etsy takes a 6.5% transaction fee, a payment processing fee, and a listing fee. Printify takes production and shipping — and those change with every product, size, and destination. What's left is your real royalty, and today you have to work it out spreadsheet-by-spreadsheet.

MerchPulse is our answer — a new tool from MerchRadar, coming soon. And before we launch, we want you to shape it.

The ideas on the table

  • 💰 True royalty tracker — every order broken down: what the buyer paid → Etsy's exact fees → your Printify production and shipping cost → your profit and margin
  • 📡 Niche radar — search any niche or browse categories, and see actual Etsy bestsellers with estimated monthly sales, prices, and favorites
  • 📈 Rising design alerts — get notified when fresh designs start gaining traction in your niche
  • 👕 Amazon Merch support — the same profit dashboard for Merch by Amazon sellers
  • 📱 Mobile app — sale notifications and royalty stats on your phone
  • ✨ AI listing optimizer — title and tag suggestions based on what's ranking right now

Vote for what we build first

Head to the MerchRadar homepage — the MerchPulse card lets you vote on each idea with one click, no signup needed. We'll prioritize development by your votes.

Your keys, your data — by design

One thing is already decided: MerchPulse will connect through your own free API keys, created in your own Etsy and Printify accounts. That means read-only access, encryption at rest, and the power to revoke access yourself, instantly, anytime. No passwords shared, no master key held by us.

What happens next

Vote, and watch this space — we'll announce the beta here and in the updates ticker as soon as it's ready. If you have an idea that's not on the list, contact us and tell us.

The term "Etsy" is a trademark of Etsy, Inc. MerchPulse uses the Etsy API but is not endorsed or certified by Etsy, Inc.